Oscars Season 2009 Episode 1 - The 81st Annual Academy Awards

Airdate: 2009-Feb-22

Episode summary:

The 81st Academy Awards were broadcast on ABC and hosted by Hugh Jackman. Slumdog Millionaire won eight awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with three awards, The Dark Knight and Milk with two, and Departures, The Duchess, La Maison en Petits Cubes, Man on Wire, The Reader, Smile Pinki, Toyland, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and WALL-E with one. The telecast garnered almost 37 million viewers in the United States..

About Oscars series:

The Academy Awards or The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry.